My Query is: 30 Years ago, Government has alloted 12 acres land(in Hyd) to my Grand Father who is a Freedom Fighter. We lost those allotment papers in a fire accident at our home in Karepally, Khammam(Dt) long back.

Please find below my queries:

1. From where we can get the copies of that allotment papers
2. Is it possible to retain our land now?

It is better to contact the Village officer and obtaiain the Pahanies of the Sadi Survey Number , it will be recorded as Freedom Fighters Assigned land , you may also get some proceedings in the MRO /Thahasil Office , or in RDO Office or in District Collector office , The assignment records will be maintaiend in a particular section of the said Office/s , there will be a separate file for these assignments in Collector Office , There will a Govt Memo or GO for these assigned lands , contact Advocate for searching all these records and to get copies of the said records , it is better immidietly obtain the pahanies they will give some information to get copies of other connected records .If the land is still recorded in the name of Your GF and he & his family members is/are recorded in possesison , there is no problem in retaining the land
You have to furnish the Survey Number and Village name. name of the Mandal/Tq and Dsitrict, to the Advocate for Search of records !

1. Against whom we can fight, if hundreds of houses are built in that 12 acres of land???

2. Wt can we do, If anybody questions us that, what we did in these 30-40 yrs without visiting / take care of that land.

3. One more thing I heard is: if any body is staying in a house/place for certain period of time ( around 10/20 yrs), that place/house becomes of their own.. Is it true? In this case, how can we proceed?

Mr r Naga you have not mentioned all these facts in your query- in Fiorst Posting ,

However ;-

1- Yes- if you are not in possession for about 12/10/20/30/40 years - your rights are extinghished by eflux of time - adverse possession infavour of the persons in occupation will be point in their favour

2- If there is any open place of your land with out any body occupation , you cna take steps agaisnt the part of that open place -

3- It is true the question that - what you were doing all these years is there - is point againt you

4- Adverse Possession of other parties will effect your rights

It is better to personally discuss with any Advocate for take a conlusion on the issue considering all the facts of your land !

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for your valuable suggestions. At last we managed to get Pahanies and came to know that its an open place in the city outskirts. Could you please let me know the next steps we need to follow to retain our land and get it registered on my father name?

You can apply for Survey of Your land and get the Boundary Stones fixed by the Survey and ladn records , by that you will be knowing whther the entire land is occupied by some others or a part is occupied by others or it is totally vacant land

Apply for Mutation in the name of Your father and initiate mutation proceedeigns

Apply for EC on the entire Syrvey number and ask the SRO to reflect all the transactiosn which took place on the Survy number so that you will be k nowing about any trasaction on the land